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Gender and law in the Hebrew Bible and the ancient Near East
Title
Gender and law in the Hebrew Bible and the ancient Near East / edited by Victor H. Matthews, Bernard M. Levinson, and Tikva Frymer-Kensky.
ISBN
1850758867
9781850758860
Published
Sheffield, England : Sheffield Academic Press, c1998.
Physical Description
251 p. ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents
Gender and law: an introduction / Tivka Frymer-Kensky
Women and psalms: toward an understanding of the role of women's prayer in the Israelite cult / Marc Zvi Brettler
The 'whore' of Ezekiel 16: the impact of ramifications of gender-specific metaphors in light of biblical law and divine judgment / Carol J. Dempsey
Virginity in the Bible / Tivka Frymer-Kensky
Honor and shame in gender-related legal situations in the Hebrew Bible / Victor H. Matthews
A riposte form in the song of Deborah / Geoffrey P. Miller
False weights in the scales of biblical justice? Different views of women from patriarchal hierarchy of religious equality in the Book of Deuteronomy / Eckart Otto
Wives and daughters, bond and free: views of women in the slave laws of Exodus 21.2-11 / Carolyn Pressler
Gender and law: a case study from Ancient Mesopotamia / Martha T. Roth
'Lest he die in the battle and another man take her': violence and the construction of gender in the laws of Deuteronomy 20-22 / Harold C. Washington
The female slave / Raymond Westbrook.
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